Posted on 08/07/2005 4:06:50 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst.
The woman known as The Black Widow on the competitive-eating circuit downed 35 brats in 10 minutes to win the first Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship. She edged out her nearest competitor by half a brat to win.
"I don't know where she puts it," spectator Sue Van De Kreeke said. "I got sick watching her."
The previous bratwurst-eating record was 19 1/2 brats in 10 minutes.
Thomas, a Burger King manager from Alexandria, Va., is ranked second by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, which sanctioned Saturday's contest during Brat Days. Her various eating records include ones for hard-boiled eggs (65 in 6 minutes 40 seconds) and chicken wings (167 in 32 minutes).
The day before the bratwurst-eating contest, she won a grilled-cheese-sandwich eating contest in San Diego, eating 22.
Not a cheap date.
I might be able to eat 35 in a month if I really tried.
I know a couple more brats she can eat, as long as their mother says it's ok.
I'm in love!
How can a person so tiny eat so much.
What's for dessert?
I'm not going to say it. I'm just not going to say it. Even I have my limits of taste.
Bulimia.
Her idol:
I suspect that she doesn't, ummm... "keep" it.
The human stomach can distend 5 times its normal size to accomadate.
OMGoodness, can I feed my neighbor's shrieking monster to her?
Better yet, let's take her to the mall...
Doing a great service for a more civil society ping
After that many brats I'm sure she'll wash it down with an ice cold Leinenkugels.
Sheesh...and it's not even football tailgating season yet. She is not a cheap date.
I wonder what she uses to wash it down and the quantity of that washing comforts her!
Cheap dates hold a stigma of not being appealing. ; )
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